Ed Magee is a C-suite executive and combat veteran with 17 years of global supply chain management and operations leadership roles.

Mr. Magee has extensive experience building and developing global leadership teams that drive organizational and culture change within high-profile brands, including Harley-Davidson Motor Co.; ABB, where he managed a $1 billion profit-and-loss; and Fender Musical Instruments Corp. Mr. Magee is an independent director on the board of WD-40 (Nasdaq: WDFC) and serves on the Audit and Finance Committees.

Mr. Magee also has extensive nonprofit board experience, including the Board of Visitors at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, co-president of the Fender Play Foundation, and board secretary of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles, as well as an advisory role for the Manufacturing Institute’s Heroes MAKE America veterans transition program. While co-president of the Fender Play Foundation, Mr. Magee was a founding member of the campaign team that successfully passed Proposition 28, a $1 billion ballot initiative that permanently funds music and arts education in California.

Mr. Magee recently joined Belmont University as the vice president of strategic operations and the executive in residence of the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business, where he will focus on connecting the work of major university initiatives, including the Belmont Data Collaborative, Belmont Innovation Labs, Story Studio, and the Office of Educational Innovation.

During his six years at Fender, Mr. Magee directed every aspect of manufacturing, sustainability, new product introduction, supply chain, planning, logistics, and distribution functions, leading over 3,000 employees in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and managing over 120 contract and raw materials manufacturers in Asia and LATAM. Previously, Mr. Magee was a senior executive at Harley-Davidson where he led what Craig Kennison at the research firm Baird described as “certainly the best [factory] turnaround I’ve ever seen.”

He was selected as a Diversity MBA Magazine Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leaders in 2009 and a Savoy Magazine Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America in 2010. Prior to his executive experience, Mr. Magee was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, and Air Medal, Roman Numeral 1, and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel in the US Marine Corps.

Mr. Magee holds a master of business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, a master of public administration from George Mason University, and a bachelor of science in mathematics from the US Naval Academy. He resides in Nashville with his wife Jamelle and enjoys attending live music events and his early morning Peloton rides.